Storm is our cat. We have had her for nearly eight years. Yesterday something took a big bite out of Storm's leg. She had done a pretty good job of cleaning it up herself. From the time we got home yesterday until mid-morning she was under Jake's bed. Today while I was at work. Lee called and said that Storm looked like she had intestine hanging out and that he was going to take her to the vet. Lee was pretty certain that we were going to have to put her down. I was pretty emotional about it. I love Storm. Lee has more of a love-hate relationship with her but I adore her. The vet didn't seem to think it was very bad and stiched her up. We should have her home tomorrow. The price was half what we orginally were quoted so that is a good thing.
I sometimes wonder where to draw the line in this whole blogging thing. I could make us look like the "perfect" family or I could deal with all of our disappointment and make everybody think that we quite possible have the worse life ever. Or maybe there is a middle ground somewhere that I have yet to find in this blog. Today was a rough day. Don't get me wrong I am so excited that everybody around me is having babies. But for some reason today I was caught up in the losses all over again. I am wondering when it stops. Maybe it never does. Maybe it will be a life time of wondering what if I would have gone full term. Several people have asked when (or if) we are going to have another baby. I am not sure. Sometimes that answer is yes and sometimes it is no. But one thing is for certain it isn't right now. Really I don't need to have a ton of kids to fill some void. I love my two kids and if that is all ...
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